Hat-fastener.



No. 64|,|50. Pafented Ian. 9, 1900. e. SCHMITT.

HAT FASTENER,

(Application filed June 27, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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GEORGES SOHMITT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,150, dated January 9, 1900.

Application filed June 27, 1899. Serial No- 72Z,091. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Gnoncns SOHMITT, of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Hat-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvementin devices for securing hats to the head; and it consists of a pin of novel construction which is secured to the hat and is adapted to be engaged with the hair of the wearer.

My invention comprises the novel features which are hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is asectional elevation of a hat, showing my device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan of a portion of a hat, showing my, device attached; and Fig. 3 shows my device separated from the hat and in two different positions.

My device consists of two essential parts first, a bar G, which is preferably made of plate metal or equivalent material and is provided with apertures C or other suitable means by which it may secured to the inner lower edge of the hat-crown, and, second, the pin proper, which is mounted to slide upon the bar 0. The bar 0 has a series of loops G- secured thereto and adapted to receive one side of the loops or prongs of the pin, so as to guide the same in the proper direction. The pin proper consists of a bar D, provided with a handle or knob E, by which it may be readily engaged, and a series of loops or prongs F, which are secured to the bar D and engage the guiding-loops G upon the plate 0. These loops F are formed of spring material, as wire, and are in the general form of a hairpin, the end corresponding with the loop end of the hair-pin being at the end farthest removed from the bar D. The bar D is made of sheet metal, which is bent upon itself or rolled over that part of the wire connecting the prongs F of the pin, so as to securely clamp and hold the prongs. Centrally of the length of the bar D is secured the shank of a knob or head E, by which the pin is engaged and manipulated. This head extends beneath the hat-brim, where it may be readily engaged. One side only of these loops or pins is shown as engaging the loops G. The outermost of the loops or pins F are bent so that normally they extend in lines diverging from the center line, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 and by the dotted lines in Fig. 3. The loops G are, however, placed closer together, so that when the pin is drawn outward or to the position shown by full lines in Fig. 3 the ends of the pins are much closer together than when the pin is in its inward position, as shown in Fig. 1.

In using my device the pin is drawn outward, as shown in full lines in Fig. 3, when the hat is placed upon the head. When the hat is in proper position, the pin is forced inward, thus forcing the ends of the loops F into the hair and spreading them, so that they firmly engage the hair and prevent the hat from being blown off. It is ordinarily intended that one of these devices shall be placed upon each side of the hat.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A hat-fastener consisting of an elongated plate adapted to be secured to the interior of a hat, said hat-plate having on one of its flat faces a series of loops, a series of prongs spaced from each other at their outer ends and each composed of two members one of which passes through a loop on the hat-plate, the several prongs being connected at their outer ends by elongated transverse connecting members, and means for uniting the prongs and their transverse connecting members into a rigid bar, said bar extending approximately parallel with the hat-plate and havingahead at its outer side, about centrally of the bar, as set forth.

GEORGES SCHMITT.

Witnesses:

H. L. REYNOLDS, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL. 

